Antonyms for precipitate
prɪˈsɪp ɪˌteɪt; -tɪt, -ˌteɪtpre·cip·i·tate

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1. precipitateadjective

   a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

2. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousverb

   done with very great haste and without due deliberation

   "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

   Synonyms:
   precipitous, overhasty, headlong, abrupt, sharp, hasty, precipitant

3. precipitateverb

   bring about abruptly

   "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

4. precipitateverb

   separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

5. precipitate, come down, fallverb

   fall from clouds

   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

   Synonyms:
   shine, go down, accrue, come down, strike, diminish, sicken, flow, settle, reduce, light, lessen, devolve, pass, descend, come, fall, return, boil down, hang, decrease, fall down

6. precipitateverb

   fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

   "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

7. precipitateverb

   hurl or throw violently

   "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

   Synonyms:
   fall, come down

How to use precipitate in a sentence?

1. Pope Francis:

   The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world, we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences.

2. Sean Keegan:

   This new law will precipitate an environmental crisis by opening the flood gates to unfettered commercialization by wealthy and well-connected offshore investors who will plunder what is left of this fragile paradise.

3. Henry J. Tillman:

   If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

4. Nevsun Chief Executive Cliff Davis:

   They are getting more realistic and that will precipitate more M&A.

5. Jeff Kasky:

   Every time something like what happened in Parkland occurs, one would think that would precipitate some type of action, but all it does is it gets the politicians to say now is not the time, thoughts and prayers, let's not politicize, over and over and over again, that is going to change.

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